Handbook on biodiversity and ecosystem services in impact assessment

This Handbook presents state-of-the-art methodological guidance and discussion of international practice related to the integration of biodiversity and ecosystem services in impact assessment, featuring contributions from leading researchers and practitioners the world over. Its multidisciplinary ap...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Geneletti, Davide
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton, MA Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. 2016, c. 2016
Series:Research handbooks on impact assessment
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • concepts and examples / Davide Geneletti
  • 4. Scoping health impact assessment: ecosystem services as a framing device / Pierre Horwitz and Margot W. Parkes
  • 5. Matching an ecosystem services approach with social impact assessment / Leena Karrasch
  • 6. Economic evaluation of the impacts of transportation infrastructures on ecosystem services / Léa Tardieu
  • 7. Addressing biodiversity and ecosystem services in life cycle assessment / Assumpció Antón, Danielle Maia de Souza, Félix Teillard and Llorenç Milà i Canals
  • Part II Applications in different sectors
  • tools to support marine planning at project and strategic scales / Tara Hooper, Olivia Langmead and Matthew Ashley
  • 12. Understanding the impacts of ecotourism on biodiversity: a multi-scale, cumulative issue influenced by perceptions and politics / David Newsome and Mike Hughes
  • 13. Exploring the tradeoffs between wind energy and biodiversity conservation / Lea Bulling and Johann Köppel
  • an ecosystem services framework / Heather Tallis, Christina M. Kennedy, Mary Ruckelshaus, Joshua Goldstein and Joseph M. Kiesecker
  • 18. Promoting nature-based solutions for climate adaptation in cities through impact assessment / Davide Geneletti, Linda Zardo and Chiara Cortinovis
  • 19. Where are the best places for the next billion people? think globally, plan regionally / Richard T.T. Forman and Jianguo (Jingle) Wu
  • Conclusions
  • 20. Strengthening biodiversity and ecosystem services in impact assessment for better decisions / Davide Geneletti